Lois Frankel has big financial edge in District 22 congressional race
In the first face-to-face meeting between Democratic congressional rivals Lois Frankel and Kristin Jacobs, Frankel reminded voters at a Palm Beach County Voters Coalition meeting last week that her campaign against "tea party extremism" began nearly a year ago.
Jacobs entered the race for the Palm Beach-Broward District 22 congressional seat last month. She jumped in after redistricting prompted incumbent Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, and Democrat Patrick Murphy to leave District 22 to run in a new district to the north.
Whether Democratic primary voters will credit Frankel for her early willingness to take on West is difficult to measure.
But the former West Palm Beach mayor's 11-month head start has given her a money advantage that's easier to quantify. She raised more than $1.4 million in 2011 and began 2012 with more than $1 million in her campaign account.
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couldn't beat her. Go Lois!! 
